| I have copying V51VHF beacon tonight from 1731 to
1820 GMT peaking 579 at arround 1755. I called on 50.110
but no one out of Africa was arround! 73 to all...... Joe Vella-Brincat 9H1CG <desiree@mail.link.net.mt> - Monday, March 31, 1997 at 19:53:06 (BST) Hello all the six meter guys, i will tell you that
this year we are comming to the HAMVENTION in
DAYTON,OHIO. We will visit with 4 guys from the
Netherlands, 3 of them are well now on the six meter
scene here in Europa. The 4 are PA3AAV PA3DWD PA3FBN and
PE1LAU. Now mu question is will there any meeting at
Dayton with the six meter scene overthere. Also we look
for some EME meetings, and ofcourse Contest and DX
meetings. Any reply you can also send to
pa3fbn@noord.bart.nl if the above adress is not working.
73's John. 1/4/97: CY9AA & 50 Mhz CD rom News: It looks
like the expedition will be scheduled for late June, Mike
VE9AA hopes that things will take place from June 26th to
July 3rd. Those who have been requesting a copy of the
50MHz CD Rom are now asked to email ve9aa@brunnet.net A
special Limited edition has been produced to support the
CY9AA expedition. $35.00(USA) Money Order to cover cost +
shipping. Mike Smith, 271 Smith Rd, Waterville, NB,
Canada, e2v 3v6 email me to reserve one of the limited
copies. 73-MIKE regarding IK0FTA's V51-TEP report seen on
Geoff's/gj4icd's FB page. I was reminded only a few days
ago by V51GB on 15m ssb(who is not a 6m nut) that in
Windhoek (or closeby I think) they have a 2m freq they
all monitor (145.650Mhz) and it is linked to 6m ! Gerd
wasn't sure of the 6m freq, but thought it may have been
close to the v51vhf/b freq, or perhaps 50.110. He says a
good number of guys talk on 145.650 in and around
Namibia, so there is little excuse for not making a 2-way
with guys down there if you are hearing the v51/b ! I am
not sure about the freq. I will leave it to you EU/AF's
to dredge up that info, but get on it! I don't know how
many more reports I can take of guys hearing that ol
beacon, but not making QSO's. -MIKE Subject: FORSALE: two- "50MHZ CD
roms"-(cy9aa) Cc: vhf@w6yx.standford.edu,
K7bv@aol.com, ve1pz@north.nsis.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997
15:42:22 -0400 Donated by Geoff, GJ4ICD, proceeds to go
to help fund the CY9AA 6m/hf dxpedition this June. I have
2 (two) "50Mhz Multimedia CD roms" with so much
information, files, lists, and programs that it is too
numerous to mention. Find practically anything about
anything related to 50Mhz (and more) (read all about them
on Geoff's 50Mhz+ webpages) http://user.itl.net/~equinox/
If you like 6m, then you'll love this CD. I only have two
of them..... $30.00US + small amount to ship/insure from
NB, Canada. MIKE/ve9aa for CY9AA group. NAMIBIA V51VHF Bcn hrd in Italy First TEP opening
in Italy in 1997. Day 26th march 1997 at 1500 utc I heard
the Namibia beacon V51VHF on 50018 MHz (RST qsb 529-579).
No South Africans stations where on the frequency. 73 de
IK0FTA, Sergio. P.S. on the Six Italy web site You will
found 2 recordings of V51VHF hrd today. (infonews page). Thanks to SV1EN and the Italian boys for the data
base updates. Please send all further updates direct to
Eric VK5LP (vk5lp@ozemail.com.au) who is waiting to add
VK5BC and VK5KK logs. I also got an abusive phone call
from VK7GUN who accused me of bignoting and stated that
the data base isnt worth the paper its written on without
his contacts so Eric is chasing them up. In the mean time
I have spent enough time on it and want to take the
apportunity of thanking Chris G3WOS and Geoff GJ4ICD for
inspiring me to build it up and to all the European
contributions. I sadly cant say the same about my own
apathetic countrymen, however the data base should be a
useful research tool when and if the cycle starts. Did
anyone see the map in the JA1VOK pages in Mobile ham.
Gee'ze it is a long way from the bottom to the top, and
we really are at the bottom. Still if you can make an
8000 km QSO at the bottom like in January what will
happen on the way up???? See you there or be square. I wonder if anyone out there has compared the
IC-575H vs. the TS-60S? I would like to hear from you. I
also would be glad to hear what your opinion of each of
these radios is regardless of whether you might have done
a comparison. I recently purchased a TS-60S but really
have not had a chance to check it out yet. Thanks for
reading this and taking the time to reply. 73, Steve EM55
& FL16. St.Paul Island Expedition - cy9aa - June / July
1997 seeks a RELIABLE source in the UK (or very close by)
to download files off of PACSAT and fwd them immediately
to G3WOS/Chris for inclusion to the CY9AA Website.
Ideally packets would be fwd'd to Chris by email. If you
have a keen interest in 6m, Dxpeditions, Pacsats &
email, please email me. -MIKE/ve9aa for cy9aa group! ATTN: Hollanders/Nederlanders!....I was very
excited to see that Pa3dwd is going to Iceland in June
& July, 1997. Please relay to PA3DWD that I and many
north american stations need Iceland very badly! Ik kon
geen E-Mail voor him vinded, en ik zou het fijn vinden
als iemand hem kan vinden en tegen hem zegen. (Mijn
hollandse is niet zo goed en mijn vrouw helpt mijn een
beetje). Ik ben all een hele lange tijd op zoek voor
Ijsland, en dit zou heel leuk wezen als ik contakt kan
maaken. Heel veel danks. Mike Hi all, I am in Beijing at the moment trying to
track down the Chinese Radio Sports Association &
Chen Ping BA1HAM, the President, to talk about 6m in
China. I have had no luck so far even though I have their
telephone number. Can anyone help with other names or
contacts? 73 Chris Has anyone modified the Kenwood TS-690S to improve
the audio on 6m? It's fine at 50W but reducing power
below 25W introduces distortion (I think this is common
to many early 690s). I've got a copy of Kenwood's service
technical report E51-92-038, which recommends changing
the inductor in the IF unit from 100uH to 10uH with a low
internal resistance. This, however, changes the 8V line,
which is used as reference for the S and ALC meter, so
these must be re-aligned - can anyone point me in the
right direction to do this re-alignment, or send me a
copy of the service manual? C6 OPERATION TO FL16 John WZ8D will be returning to
the Bahamas again for 15 days this year. June 5 thur the
19 of June. I receive notice that I have a license but I
don't know if it will be C6AIE. I will post just as soon
as I find out. Last year I had 2200 contact on 6 and 2
meters. Only 7 out of Europe and 1 from Africa. I will be
running 250 watts and a 3 or 4 element beam. If you hear
me in Europe please call on cw. I will be around 50.123
or 122 most of the time. Could we please have the exact frequencies of
Dumyat Egypt, the Lebanese and any other relevant Middle
East ASfrican TV video thanks. We have had that region
for hours at a time and never been sure if it was the
areas mentioned. I feel it is time to publish and update
a Middle Eastern 48 Mhz RF list with also all the known
African TV Video as well. Unknows are Iran, Iraq,
Lebanon, and African states. VATICAN CITY STATE - HV3SJ BEACON Doing to very
urgent revision works to the building where is located
HV3SJ the beacon has been removed. At present time
could'nt say when it will be active again. I0JX via
IK0FTA FAO North American DXpeditioner's. Please go to any
of these places for at least 2-3 weeks starting mid June
...I need them all on six! VP2 (any) FS CO C6 KP1 KP5
...or why not stay at home and go to 4U1UN !! All us
European's ask is that you take 1.5KW and at least a 30ft
boom on Europe. Offers!?? Finally i finisched my home brew 6 mtr.Amplifier
using a 4CX600JB.But...my existing High Voltage supply is
not capable of delevering the necessary 2800V/600mA. I
have been looking everywhere in the Netherlands to find a
High voltage transformer capable of delevering 2200V/1
Amp. Can someone tell me where to buy such a
transformer???Or mayby someone has it unused and wants to
sell it. Many thanks in advance. Ps. If you are
interested in the schematic and/or the
4CX600/Feet/Chimney (I have still some of them available)
sent me an email. Finally i finisched my home brew 6 mtr.Amplifier
using a 4CX600JB.But...my existing High Voltage supply is
not capable of delevering the necessary 2800V/600mA. I
have been looking everywhere in the Netherlands to find a
High voltage transformer capable of delevering 2200V/1
Amp. Can someone tell me where to buy such a
transformer???Or mayby someone has it unused and wants to
sell it. Many thanks in advance. Ps. If you are
interested in the schematic and/or the
4CX600/Feet/Chimney (I have still some of them available)
sent me an email. What are the "most needed" Caribbean
countries on 6M? I am considering a Caribbean operation
during the June 1997 VHF QSO Party and am open to
suggestions. Can't do HH! 73, Jon N0JK Hello Everyone! Our contest group OZ9KY has finally
finished a major update on the equipment. To verify that
the improvements has been worth the efforts, we are
looking for skeds all around europe (outside is mabye
asking too much?!?). We are participating in the NAC-test
every fourth tuesday in the month - with the first test
coming up tuesday the 25 of march. The contest will last
for 4 hours between 1800-2200 utc. We are located in
JO45VX and will be calling on 50.150 mhz. The station
seup is af follows: Kenwood TS60 - Amplifier 1000 watts -
two stacked 6 element 1 wavelength 25 m agl. We are
located on the highest point in Denmark (175m - not much
but the country is flat hi hi). If you want to make a
sked then E-mail me. Otherwise i'll hope we will be seing
you the comming tuesday!! 73 de OZ9KY /Jens 0600z TVTEP today 49.750 minus into QF12. 48.250
into VK1. JA1,2,3,4,9,0, into VK4 QH30 briefly, VK4 QG62
for half an hour and VK6 briefly. It can only get better
and better. Stay alert. 28.885 was u/s no signals to
alert anyone. Steve PS Henk PA2HJS has analysed the
signals and states that they were bouncing off the Ural
Mountains. It sort of makes sense, how can a signal
proceed after hitting a huge lump pf dirt? Far fetched?
Maybe we dont know as much as we think about paths. eg.
Why cant you talk on 28.885 to Europe when it is open on
6? So dont count on using 28.885 to alert people, cos it
will be too late. not heard Steve's recording referred to in the notice
below click
here. This was
Steve's original description: "The
VK3LK tape is unique in that I captured the F2
backscatter path and the direct path (80 km side on) and
you can hear the frequency shift. he is NOT sending FSK
or MCW and after the opening the signal was clean.What is
the path distance to produce such an audio shift?" Steve's
database can be found here.
Please be patient because this is a LARGE file and I have
built in search capabilities, so it may be a bit slow. At
the weekend I will upload a down-loadable (?) Excel
spreadsheet version. The final draft has been sent to VK5LP for any late
VK5 additions and Chris has my master which is now 275
Kbytes or 2200 contacts in size. I hope you all
appreciate the work that has gone into this, mistakes
excepted, It has helped me find at least two incomplete
calls by comparing dates and times. 8/2/92 0810z 2xcw
PA3DOL and 0816z 2xcw PA0JMH. Dont have the grids though.
As for radios and rigs. I still use my TS670 fitted with
a WB6NMT preamp designed by N6CA and it goes like a
rocket. Take a listen to the Real Audio file on VK3LK,
henk calculated that the backscatter was coming from the
region of the Ural mountains and was stronger than VK3LK
who was just 85 km from me. The same radio was EME
capable. I dont know why you guys want all the bells and
whistles, you have got to hear them if you want to work
them. A TS660/TS670 with 18 db preamp kills an
FT650/TS680 by at least 3db. It also has a noise blanker
that works transparently on top of signals which arrive
at MINUS 140 dbm. 73 Steve PS Where are the sunspots?? Posted on the vhf reflector. From: Self To:
wp4o@caribe.net, vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu Subject: ic-756
results /ic-736 problems Date sent: Fri, 7 Mar 1997
14:25:32 -0400 I second that motion! I use an ic-736
presently and am not entirely happy with it for the
following reasons and want to know if the 756 is any
better. Anyone using the 756/736 is invited to send their
thoughts to me and/or the list please. Top 10 grudges
against the 736: (in RANDOM order) 1.\miniscule controls
for vox delay etc reccessed on back panel under coax
cables (who's idea was this-a no coder ELF?) 2.\crappy
antenna tuner on 50Mhz 3.\CW on LSB-arrgh, hw mni
crossmode DX contacts have I missed? 4.\No rx from
30-45Mhz, but we have rx up to 60Mhz! (who thought this
one up? I would gladly give up 52.5-60Mhz for some
spectrum down BELOW 6m band. 5./WOOSH-WOOSH noise from
(power supply?) most prevelant on 6m Hard to do any 6m
work that's really weak. 6./Not compatible with my HEIL
mic. 7./Terrible in high RF enviroments like CQww, CQ160m
CW, etc. 8./Choice of only CW filter-NO ssb one 9./No
12vdc operation-yet the 737 does-go figure!! 10./PRICE !
After taxes, shipping, and 250Hz cw filter it cost me
$3036.18 (and that doesn't include the two times I have
sent it away to VE7 for repairs (once my fault-once
Icoms') Overall it's not a terrible rig, although I think
for the price Icom could have done better. No XVTR
output, No second Rx, and on and on. I would like to know
who ICOM consults for designing these things! Would be
nice to see them poll the 6m crowd once in a while to see
(for example) if we had any interest in signals between
30-45 Mhz instead of 50-60Mhz. I don't think I'll ever
look between 53-50Mhz for anything other than the odd TV
carrier on 55.250 if I am bored. If anyone has any proven
mods for any of the problems I have listed I would be
happy to hear them. I have seen a few ic-736 reviews and
am not entirely in agreement. My old n' tired FT-102 and
HB(ve1alq) transverter had more features (except 30-50Mhz
RX) than my 3Kb '736. Maybe I should get a DEM and
FT-1000MP, at least that way I'd HAVE a good radio. My
2c, hopping off the soapbox ! -MIKE/ve9aa Don's email address appears at the bottom of this
message. For whatever reason the last post ate it up, hi!
Don does not know I have posted this info guys, so please
be kind and supportive with your enquiries regarding 6m.
TNX!-MIKE/ve9aa kh8/n5ols possibility of some 6m
activity................ Steve, FYI, for you guys down
under. I don't know if you still need KH8 on 6m or not
(doubt it), but I have been talking to kh8/n5ols who is
very active on 160m, and other "DC" bands, and
he thinks there may be a chance he'll take his 6m rig to
KH8 with him after DAYTON, Ohio hamfest. I think this is
in April/May sometime. He has an older Yaseu or something
and a 200w amp and a small beam. He tells me no one is
presently active from kh8 that he knows of. Thought you
might like to know ! Maybe if he gets a few emails of
encouragement, he'll haul the stuff back to KH8 after he
leaves Texas for his next stint. He was quite active from
Texas a couple years ago, and has 2 more years on
American Samoa. MIKE/ve9aa p.s.-Don's email address is:
"Don Barclay" REmember, don't just click on my
email address-----send DON a nice encouraging email
regarding his possibility of including 6m gear that he
already owns in Texas for the remainder of his trip.
Don't scare him away guys ! MIKE The good news is Tim V73AT will be back on
Kwajelein atoll after March 25th. I am on 28.885 as often
as I am in the shack. Also try 21.205 around 0500z. We
have to build up the interest again, it takes time. And I
predict just like in 1988 that dx will be missed because
of inaction, inactivity and apathy. But then not everyone
is as freeko about 6M as I am. The frequencies quoted in
the last VK4 to JA opening are encouraging, and people
are moving off 50.110. Lets hope the trend continues. You
can call CQ on 50.2 here and get a QSO now, which is
great. Don't forget about the early warning frequencies
though. A 100 Kw TV station beats a 10 watt beacon hands
down, so watch for 46.172 and 46.240 video. Forget about
the sound, by the time you get the 50 Mhz sound you have
amateurs as well. Dont forget ten meter beacons too,
remember that 10 acts like 6 at this stage in events and
provides an early indication of a rising MUF. I worked
KH6 on 29.600 last week, so there is some F2 going on and
50 minus 30 equals 20 megs to go Hi!! 28.885 Mhz.........Where are you?.......... Is
there any activity on 28.885 in Europe at all? There is
many a day we (in the NE of NA) could be working each
other on BS (those with a beam an amp anyway), or we
could be working Carribean and SA at certain times of the
day. Heck, on 1/3 of the days in June/July we could be
working the whole Western portion of Europe (ok, maybe
less than 1/3, but closer to 1/4), Y E T , I have worked
very few guys on 28.885 in the past year or two. We are
on the upswing guys and gals (at leat I hope so), so dust
off those monobanders, converted CB's, and all that and
let's start promoting 6m again and liasoning on 28.885.
Really miss all those "live action reports" and
who is working what with who, when, and how many times.
CU on '885. Mike/ve9aa UKSMG #886 (darn, missed it by one
number .... .. Hello friends in the UK. In Feb. of 1993, the FCC
made it possible for me to obtain David's call. I am
proud to carry his call letters that has been heard
around the world. David felt privileged to have been a
member of the UK group And I know how honored he would be
if he knew how well he has been remembered by his fellow
"Hams". I would enjoy hearing from anyone in
the UK that talked to him on 6 meters. By the way I am
his wife. Ex- N8PYO. I may have talked to some of you
myself. Thank you for honoring my loved one.
Respectfully, Patricia Bostedor K8WKZ E-Mail
k8wkz@voyager.net I have listened, with much enjoyment, to the six
metre audio bits. I am wondering if any of you six metre
nuts ever caught K8WKZ on tape? I am his son, and would
very much enjoy hearing his voice again. Contact me at
vhfuhf@voyager.net Thank you, Dave Bostedor Jr - N8NQS
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